Sales book holder



Oct. 24, 1950 SLONNEGER 2,526,909

SALES BOOK HOLDER I Filed Nov. 4, 1949 R E R6 0E TN mm L NS K E c U R B HIS KTTORNEYS iatented Oct. 24, 1 950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SALES BOOK HOLDER Bruce K. Slonneger, Dayton, Ohio, assignor to The National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio, a corporation of Maryland Application November 4, 1949, Serial No. 125,483

4 Claims.

1 This invention relates to improvements in sales slip book holders and particularly to improvements in a holder for conventional sales books of the type used in recording retail sales at the time a sale is made.

The object of the invention is to provide a holder for a conventional sales book, so constructed as to provide a filing space for filled-in sales sheets.

A specific object of the invention is to provide a holder for a conventional sales book, having a means for preventing the sales book from accidentally falling out of the holder and for providing space beneath the sales book for filing filledin sales sheets.

Another specific object of the invention is to provide a holder for a conventional sales book of the type in which duplicate slips are made out at the time of the sales and in which the sales slips are bound at one end to form a book and one slip of each duplicate set is free from the binding, thus providing a book in which the bound end thereof is thinner than the unbound end, said holder being of a depth sufficient to snugly accommodate the thicker end of the bound sales book, and said holder provided with a retaining a means to loosely hold the bound end of the sales book, to permit easy withdrawal of the bound book from said means and providing space for the filing of filled-in sales slips below the sales book.

With these and incidental objects in view, the

invention includes certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, a preferred form or embodiment of which is hereinafter described with reference to the drawing which accompanies and forms a part of this specification.

In said drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the sales slip book holder with the cover in partially open position.

Fig. 2 is a detail View of a spring means for holding the sales slip book against shifting movement in the holder.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the holder, showing the sales slip book and the filledin sales slips in their respective positions within the holder.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional View of the holder.

General description The holder illustrated herein is devised to hold a sales slip book in general use in department stores, filling stations, etc., where sales are recorded at the time and place at which the sales are made. One problem in the use of such sales slip books is that the books cannot be carried around with the sales person without being damaged. Another problem is to provide a convenient filing means for copies of the sales slips when they are filled in at the time the sale is consummated. Various holders have been devised for solving these problems, but such holders are usually too bulky for the sales persons to carry with them, thus usually making it necessary to go to a central desk or filing cabinet for filing a sales slip after each sale. This requires an .unnecessary expenditure of time, with resulting loss of sales.

The present invention overcomes these objections by providing a compact holder for a sales slip book, which holder is not much bulkier than the sales slip book itself. The interior dimensions of the holder are such that a new sales slip book fits therein snugly. A retaining means is provided, which fits over the top, or bound, end of the sales slip book, which end is thinner than the bottom end of the book. The reason for this difference in thickness of the sales slip book at the top when compared with the bottom is that only one half as many sheetsare at the top. Also, binding the top ends of the sales slips compresses the stack to the extent that the top is considerably thinner than the bottom end, at which latter point the sales slips are loosely stacked. Such sales slip books are made with duplicate slips, the upper ends of which are not bound. Therefore the bottom end of the sales slip book contains twice the number of slips as does the top, or bound, end. As slips are removed from the sales slip book, the book becomes successively thinner, thus providing space for filing filled-in slips behind the sales slip book. By this simple expedient, a thin, compact holder is provided for the sales slip book.

Detailed description The holder is provided with a bottom [0, side walls H, and front and back walls [2. The side walls I I have flanges l3 formed thereon, on which slides a cover Id. The cover [4 is provided with flanges I5 slidably engaging the flanges 13. The rear end of the cover I4 is provided with a :bentin flange I6 for finish and for strengthening the cover.

Mounted inside the holder, and secured to the bottom I0, is a retaining device ll, formed with an upstanding wall l8 and a retaining flange I9. The retaining device is made of spring material, biased upwardly, so that, upon sliding the cover I4 rearwardly to open the holder, the free end of the retaining device springs upwardly to lift the top end of a, sales book thereon up above the top surface of the holder.

The sales slip book I8 is positioned in the holder with its bound end beneath the flange I9.

The thickness of the sales slip book is less than the space beneath the flange l9 of the retaining of the sales slip book under the flange IS, a spring 2| is secured to the rear wall [2. This spring 21 is secured to the rear wall at its center and has two sidewardly-extending arms, which are biased forwardly of the holder. When a sales slip book is inserted into the holder, its bottom is first positioned against the spring 2!, and thereafter the upper end of the book is forced under the flange ill. The spring 2| thereafter maintains the upper end of the book against the inside surface of the wall I8, where the flange I9 prevents accidental movement of the book out of the holder.

A stop 22 can be provided on the cover 14 to limit the opening movement of the cover, when the stop 22 strikes the rear wall l2.

When a sale is to be recorded, the sales person slides the cover [4 rearwardly far enough to expose the upper end of the sales slip book.

Thereafter, the sales person buckles the top pair of sales slips forwardly and out of the holder, whereupon the cover [4 is moved forwardly beneath the withdrawn pair of sales slips. If carbon paper is used for the duplicate record, the carbon paper is then inserted between the duplicate slips. The cover provides a hard, smooth writing table for making the entries, thus resulting in good clear records. The cover can be moved forwardly just far enough to receive the entries, and, when these entries are made near the bottom of a sales slip, the cover provides a convenient hand rest for the sales person.

After the sale has been entered on the sales slip, one copy is removed and given to the customer, and the second copy is retained by the sales person. The novel construction illustrated herein provides a filing space for the retained copy without the necessity of providing a separate storage compartment, which would require space. To file the retained copy of the sales slip, the sales person pushes down on the sales slip book to compress the spring 2| until the upper end of the sales slip book is freed from the flange l9. Thereupon, the upper end of the sales book is lifted upwardly far enough to file the retained copy of the slip behind the sales slip book. Thereafter, the upper end of the book is again positioned under the flange I9, and the cover I4 is closed. The cover I4 can move either under or over the flange l9. If the cover is to be moved over the flange 19, the flange is 'depressed by the sales person, and the cover is moved over it.

It should be noted that, as duplicate sheets are removed from the 'top of the sales slip book, the book becomes thinnerythus providing the space for filing one copy below the book. Fig. 3 illustrates a partially used book l8 and a number of used slips in their respective positions.

While the form of the invention shown and describedherein is admirably adapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form or embodiment disclosed herein, for it is susceptible of embodiment in various other forms.

What is claimed is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a receptacle for a pad of duplicate sales slips; a flexible plate having one end secured to the bottom of the receptacle; a recess formed on the other end of said flexible plate to removably receive the bound end of the pad of sales slips, said flexible plate being biased to lift the recess partially out of the receptacle for easy removal of the top set of duplicate slips from the pad of sales slips; and a bottom member on the pad of duplicate sales slips resting on the bottom of the receptacle and removable from the receptacle for filing copies of sales slips thereunder, said bottom member thereafter resting on the filed sales slip after the sales slip has been filed.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a receptacle for a pad of duplicate sales slips; a flexible plate having one end secured to the bottom of the receptacle; a recess formed on the other end of said flexible plate to removably receive the bound end of the pad of sales slips, said flexible plate being biased to lift the recess partially out of the receptacle for easy removal of the top set of duplicate slips from the pad of sales slips; and a bottom member on the pad of sales slips forming a top wall of a compartment for filing duplicates of sales slips therebeneath.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a receptacle for a pad of duplicate sales slips; a flexible plate having one end secured to the bottom of the receptacle; a recess formed on the other end of said flexible plate to re movably receive the bound end of the pad of sales slips, said flexible plate being biased to lift the recess partially out of the receptacle for easy removal of the top set of duplicate slips from the pad of sales slips; and a bottom member on the pad of sales slips forming a top Wall of a compartment for filing duplicates of sales slips therebeneath, said compartment becoming progressively larger as the sales slips are removed from the top of the pad and duplicate sales slips are filed therein.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a receptacle for a pad of duplicate sales slips; a flexible plate having one end secured to the bottom of the receptacle; a recess formed on the other end of said flexible plate to removably receive the bound end of the pad of sales slips, said flexible plate being biased to lift the recess partially out of the receptacle for easy removal of the top set of duplicate slips from the .pad of sales slips; a bottom member on the pad of duplicate sales slips resting On the bottom of the receptacle and removable from the receptacle for filing copies of sales slips thereunder, said bottom member thereafter resting on the filed sales slip after the sales slip has been filed; and a resilient means secured to the inside of one end of the compartment and engaging the lower end of the pad of sales slips to maintain the bound end of the pad of sales slips in the said recess.

BRUCE K. SLONNEGER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 839,201 Richter Dec. 25, 1906 1,895,621 Gibbs Jan. 31, 1933 

